The Justice Department filed federal lawsuits against Arizona and Connecticut on Tuesday, accusing both states of failing to provide complete statewide voter registration records as requested by federal officials. The actions are part of a broader campaign to enforce election compliance. In the complaints, the Department’s Civil Rights Division alleges…

The top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday he would meet leaders of Denmark next week but signaled no retreat from President Donald Trump’s aim to take over Greenland, and alarmed allies including France and Germany were working on a plan on how to respond. A U.S. military seizure of the…

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 January 2026 01:00 PM EST The Trump administration’s back-to-back Coast Guard operations targeting Venezuelan-linked “ghost fleet” tankers send a warning to criminal networks and hostile regimes that the United States will no longer tolerate narco-terrorism or illicit oil trafficking, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration is taking an “all hands on deck” approach to pursuing alleged government fraud in Minnesota, California, and elsewhere. Leavitt’s remarks came during a press briefing when a reporter asked if Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz may have dropped…

Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., stated on Wednesday that the United States should “control the dollars that Venezuela gets from selling oil” as the U.S. Coast Guard moved to board a Venezuelan oil tanker reflagged as a Russian vessel. Cassidy stated that U.S. efforts against Venezuela are aimed at preventing revenue…

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a Gaza “Board of Peace” next week as his administration pushes into a second phase of its ceasefire framework. The initiative would formalize an international governing and reconstruction effort while the territory remains unstable and politically contested. Administration officials have indicated that invitations…